| Quick specs Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph Vasco De Game Price: approx. $ 48,000 | approx. € 45.000 | approx. £ 38,500 Size: 44 mm Reference: not available  |
‘Nice watch, what is it?’ is a question one doesn’t wish to answer too often when ones wrist adorns this time piece. The Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph Vasco De Game. Indeed quite a mouthful. But this new standout watch of the Villeret based watchmaker is worthy of such a complicated name.
The Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph Vasco De Game is worth such a complicated name
Inside the Montblanc Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph you will find their in-house Manufacture caliber MB R230. This caliber features two chronometric complications: the ExoTourbillon with a quick stop-second, and a monopusher chronograph with a twin barrel mechanism.
If your are wondering what the conspicious feature at 6 o’clock is, the answer is in the name. For ‘Exo’ is derived from the Greek for external or outside. It refers to the balance with screws, which is positioned outside of the tourbillon’s rotating cage. This allows the cage to be smaller in size (although a still hefty 44 millimeters) and free of the weight of the balance. It saves 30 per cent more energy than a conventional tourbillon, which helps with the 50 hour power-reserve. The fact that the balance is positioned outside of the rotating cage also means that it isn’t affected by the inertia of the cage Which improves precision.
The limited edition with diamonds on the bezel
technical data Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph Vasco De Game |
| Reference: Not available |
| Movement: Montblanc MB R230 | Automatic | Diameter: 31 mm | Frequency: 21,600 (3 Hz) | Jewels: 44 | Parts: 230 | Double barrel | 18 K red gold rotor | Tourbillon | Stop-second mechanism | Hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph | Power-reserve: 50 hours |
| Case & dial: 44 mm | 18K Red Gold | Thickness: 14.79 mm | Scratch-resistant, domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both surfaces | Back: Screwed 18 K red gold back with inset pane of sapphire crystal | Dial: Upper part made of aventurine depicting the sky at night | With patented Montblanc diamond at 12 o’clock | Vertical satin-finished on the lower part | Red gold-plated sword-shaped hour-hand and minute-hand | Date shown by a hand with a little red crescent atits tip on a blued guilloché flinqué wave pattern decoration on off- centre dial | Chronograph with two counters with double indication hands and corresponding sectorial scales | Water-resistance: 3 ATM / 3 bar / 30 meters / 100 feet |
| Strap: Black alligator-skin strap crafted at the Montblanc Pelletteria in Florence with 18 K red gold pin buckle |
| Price Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph Vasco De Game: Approx. $ 48,000 | approx. € 45.000 | approx. £ 38,500 |
| Website: www.montblanc.com |